PLAYED AT: Slovnaft ArenaDate: Aug 7, 2017GAME NOTES: CANADA FALLS IN SHOOTOUT IN HLINKA OPENER
JASON LA ROSE
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Akil Thomas (Toronto, Ont./Niagara, OHL) scored early in the third period to force overtime, but Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team dropped a 4-3 shootout decision to Russia to open the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup on Monday.
Calen Addison (Brandon, Man./Lethbridge, WHL) set up all three goals in regulation for the Canadians, who erased one-goal deficits in the second and third periods to earn a single point.
In the shootout, Joe Veleno (Kirkland, Que./Saint John, QMJHL) made good on his opportunity, the third shot for Canada, showing off his quick hands in close to beat goaltender Amir Miftakhov.
Ruslan Iskhakov responded for Russia with the game on the line, and beat netminder Alexis Gravel (St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) a second time to put the pressure back on Veleno. The Canadian captain tried to go five-hole, but Miftakhov kept the puck out to clinch the victory.
Canada needed less than six minutes of the first period to open the scoring; on the power play, Barrett Hayton (Peterborough, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) parked himself at the side of the net and banged in the rebound of a Addison shot.
The Russians answered midway through the opening frame when Nikita Rtishchev snapped a quick shot past the glove of Gravel, and took their first lead early in the second period off the stick of Dmitriy Zavgorodniy, who kept on a two-on-one.
Jack McBain (Toronto, Ont./Toronto Jr. Canadiens, OJHL) brought the Canadians even with less than five minutes to go in the second, taking a pass from Addison in the slot and beating Miftakhov to send the game to the intermission tied 2-2.
Russia took a 3-2 lead just 1:18 into the third period when Zavgorodniy beat Gravel off a scramble in front, but Thomas whipped a wrist shot past Miftakhov from the high slot just 3:23 later to tie the game again and eventually send the game to an extra period.
Addison had a chance to win it for Canada in overtime when he snuck in behind the Russian defence and was pulled down, but was denied by the glove of Miftakhov on a penalty shot.
Canada gets right back to action Tuesday, facing off against Finland (9:30 a.m. ET/6:30 a.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Russia

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Gravel, Alexis

G

31

Rodrigue, Olivier

2

Bahl, Kevin

3

Smith, Ty

5

Addison, Calen

6

Dobson, Noah

7

Merkley, Ryan

8

Woo, Jett

9

Veleno, Joe

14

McIsaac, Jared

16

Thomas, Akil

17

Fortier, Gabriel

18

Dellandrea, Ty

19

Groulx, Benoit-Olivier

20

McBain, Jack

21

Hayton, Barrett

22

Noel, Serron

25

Dudas, Aidan

26

MacDonald, Anderson

27

Burzan, Luka

28

Shepard, Jackson

29

Foote, Nolan

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

2

2:00

Hooking

15:07

1

15:07

17:07

2nd

26

2:00

Boarding

9:28

1

9:28

11:28

3rd

9

2:00

Slashing

6:48

1

6:48

8:48

3rd

19

2:00

Charging

7:35

1

7:35

9:35

3rd

14

2:00

Kneeing

13:23

1

13:23

15:23

RUSSIA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Miftakhof, Amir

G

30

Rybalkin, Denis

2

Zhilyakov, Bogdan

3

Galenuk, Danila

5

Malyshev, Anton

6

Kalinichenko, Roman

7

Babintsev, Gleb

8

Diadenkin, Danila

9

Zhabreeev, Aleksandr

10

Rotenberg, Pavel

12

Bilyalov, Damir

14

Denisenko, Grigory

15

Tsybin, Maksim

16

Solopanov, Nikita

17

Zavgordniy, Dmitriy

18

Shabanov, Maksim

19

Rtischev, Nikita

21

Guskov, Matvey

22

Iskhakov, Ruslan

23

Zhuravlev, Daniil

26

Sokolov, Egor

28

Okhotuk, Nikita

RUSSIA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

16

2:00

Slashing

4:42

1

4:42

5:48

1st

26

2:00

Slashing

11:13

1

11:13

13:13

3rd

2

2:00

High-Sticking

1:54

1

1:54

3:54

3rd

14

2:00

Boarding

2:43

1

2:43

4:43

3rd

14

10:00

10-Minute Misconduct

2:43

2:43

15:00

3rd

7

2:00

Interference

19:06

1

19:06

1:06

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

RUSSIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

5:48

PP

21-5-7

2nd

15:22

20-5

3rd

4:41

16-5-9

RUSSIA Goals

RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

10:38

19-16

2nd

4:10

17

3rd

1:09

17-28-10

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

CANADA

1 / 5

RUSSIA

0 / 5

PENALTY SUMMARY

CANADA

10 min / 5 inf

RUSSIA

20 min / 6 inf

POINT SUMMARY

CANADA

3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

RUSSIA

3 G + 3 A = 6 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

OT1

SO

Total

CANADA

1

1

1

0

0

3

RUSSIA

1

1

1

0

1

4

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

OT1

Tot.

On

Off

CAN - Gravel (65:00) (SL)

6

7

10

1

24

/0:00

1st OT/5:00

RUS - Miftakhof (65:00) (W)

9

7

8

4

28

/0:00

1st OT/5:00

SHOOTOUT

RUSSIA shoots first for each round.

CANADA

RUSSIA

#

SHOOTER

14

Jared McIsaac

--

29

Nolan Foote

--

9

Joe Veleno

Goal

9

Joe Veleno

--

#

SHOOTER

--

17

Dmitriy Zavgordniy

--

26

Egor Sokolov

Goal

22

Ruslan Iskhakov

Goal

22

Ruslan Iskhakov

TOTALS:

1

2

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup Game Report.